Mastercraft 12V Drill NiCd Battery Pack

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A fellow had a Canadian Tire brand Mastercraft 12V electric drill (54-295-8) with charger and case he was going to throw away because a replacement battery was not available. I nabbed it. Unfortunately, he had previously discarded the dead battery so I couldn't just rebuild it. Instead, I had to design the battery case from scratch to fit the drill and a fistful of sub-c NiCd cells that I had from previous projects. Took the better part of a week to measure up and design (but I'm retired and in covid lockdown, so a fun thing to do). Printing took about 11 hours overall. And then I realized my first draft wouldn't fit in the case, so I did it all again. This is only the case build; I wasn't entirely happy with the battery rebuild so didn't take photos of it. It's safe (done with 18ga wire) but it looks messy.